Draft:William A. Lee (judge)

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American judge (1859–1926)

William A. Lee (December 11, 1859 – September 1926) was a one trrm state senator and chief justice of the Idaho Supreme Court from 1921 to 1926.

He received his J.D. from the Washington University School of Law in 1885.

Born in southeast Nebraska, Lee received an LL.B. from Washington University in St. Louis in 1885 and entered the practice of law in Nebraska. He moved to Ogden, Utah in 1892. In 1911 moved to Idaho at the behest of his employer, the American Falls Canal & Power Company. He then established his own legal practice in the state, and was elected to the Idaho State Senate in 1918. In 1921 he was elected to one of two newly established seats on the Idaho Supreme Court, taking office the following year.

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See also

• List of justices of the Idaho Supreme Court

References

1. Carl F. Bianchi (Ed.), Justice for the times: A Centennial History of the Idaho State Courts, Idaho Law Foundation, Boise (1990).
2. "Idaho State Supreme Court Justices, 1890-1993", Reference Series No. 347, Idaho State Historical Society (1993).

Political offices
Preceded by Newly established seat	Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court 1921–1926	Succeeded by T. Bailey Lee

Category:1859 births Category:1926 deaths Category:Justices of the Idaho Supreme Court

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